March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Each year millions of women and girls are impacted by this debilitating disease. Over 176 million women are fighting a silent war that is upending their lives. It crosses ethnicity/race, age and socio-economic levels. Endometriosis is hard to detect and often misdiagnosed.

Listen to our interview as she shares insights and strategies to effectively deal with Endometriosis. In the U.S. on average, it takes 10 years from symptom onset to receive an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis.

Some of the top symptoms include:

Severe bleeding during your period (like hemorrhaging)

Lower back and abdominal pain

Vomiting, nausea, and headaches

Prevents you from getting out of bed or doing daily activities

It hits women in the prime of their reproductive lives and impacts women and girls from age 12 to age 60. The symptoms mimic other conditions.

Michelle N. Johnson turned the pain she endured from this disease into a purpose to educate others.

As a Licensed Massage Therapist, and Wellness Educator for over 10 years, Michelle N. Johnson fights fiercely to educate, enlighten and empower individuals to become proactive participants in their health and wellness management.

Discovering Love after Divorce is the feature story for the March/April issue of Shine Now Magazine. Zaundra Jackson, Divorce Recovery Coach, shares her personal story of finding love and purpose after the big D. Go to https://joom.ag/NCPW to get your free copy.

Are you looking for Christ-centered content? Shine Now! Magazine offers tips, strategies, and testimonies to help you illuminate the marketplace for Christ.

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Angeline Lawrence is a best selling author, Huffington Post contributor, ghost writer and magazine publisher. She provides proven strategies and tips on overcoming obtsticles in the workplace, such as workplace bullying in her Amazon Best-Seller, Postioned for Power: The Working Woman's Guide to Thriving in Life. Visit www.bit.ly/WomenofPower to purchase your copy today.

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Our sister show, The Journey A Meeting of the Minds, is hosted by Ms. Kimberly Collins, the Educated Natural.

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The chaos in our life indicates God is trying to get our
attention. We can gain the clarity we need by confronting the root of our
pain.It is hard to face ourselves, but
with prayer and the word of God as our light we can gain the direction we need.
Our guest, Dr. Leslie Brown, was a single-mother at 16, divorced and a lived
through a debilitating disease. She was ruined financially and almost lost her
life. God wanted her to leave the corporate world and use her gifts to help hurting
women.

Dr. Brown is a speaker, trainer and mompreneur who teaches
women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shame into a game changing
brand. She states, “We must active our faith and put in the work to do his
will.” Her first book, The Thorns Within under pin name L.E. Brown can be
purchased on Amazon. Her strategies for gaining clarity in your life include
the following:

1.Identify your pain point. What is causing my pain and
determine the areas and why

2.Own your story. Be truthful about where God has brought you.
Tell your own story.

3.Put in the work. Stop being lazy and sit down and get the
help you need from a Pastor, life coach or therapist.

4.Study the word of God. Pay attention to what God is saying to
you through his written word.

Dr. Brown states, “You must stop being ashamed of your past
and own your story.” You can contact Dr. Brown at [email protected].

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Resilience: Living Life by Design, which detailed her faith-based strategy to
overcome workplace bullying. Purchase your copy at
www.angelinelawrence.com/landing. She will publish her second book,
Positioned4Power: The Working Woman’s Guide to Thriving in Life in spring of
2016. Visit http://positioned4power.launchrock.com to sign up to get
information for the book’s release.

Marketing and Ministry Partners

We want to
welcome Building God’s Kingdom Alliance and BGK Virtual Ministries as our new
ministry partner. Led by Pastor Michael Delaney, Jr., the ministries are
headquartered in the state of Illinois with members worldwide including Ghana
and Kenya.

Our sister
show, The Journey A Meeting of the Minds, is hosted by Ms. Kimberly Collins,
the Educated Natural. Catch her
show each Thursday at 7:30 pm est. She conducts transparent
discussions with business professionals from a biblical and personal
perspective. Get ready as Kimberly takes you on a journey from trial to
triumph. Follow her at www.thejourneymastermind.com

Domestic Violence is gaining more attention as the violenceagainst women increases.The National Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence (NCADV) website states that 1 in 3 women have been victims ofsome form of violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.

Kalyn Risker Fahie is the Founder and Executive Director ofSisters Acquiring Financial Empowerment (S.A.F.E), located in Detroit, MI. Ms. Fahie has over ten years of experience inhuman resources. Kalyn is a sought after national speaker regarding economicstrategies for survivors of domestic violence for local, state and nationalconferences

She is a survivor of domestic violence and founded SAFE inMay 2006. NCADV also states thatdomestic violence victims lose a total of 8 million paid work days each year.

Kalyn states, “Victims have no access to assets or their ownmoney. This is only one shelter in Detroit with 67 beds.” SAFE provides domesticviolence survivors with the financial tools needed to leave or recover from economicabuse. They also provide interviewing skills and resume writing.

SAFE host its signature Health & Wealth Expo and SAFE’sO.P.E.N. for Business Micro-entrepreneurship Conference for Survivors ofDomestic Violence, which provided resources and information to over 2,700community members. Hundreds of businesses have been established by theirclients through the program.

Kalyn provides four tips for women/men who are experiencing domesticviolence:

This year’s O.P.E.N. for business will be held April 30th,2016 in Detroit, MI at an undisclosed location for SAFE’s clients. If you arecurrently a victim looking for a way out visit SAFE’s website www.newsafestart.org.

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2015 was a year of challenges, but we have crossed another bridge into the new possibilities. The month of January we will discuss growth under duress. I will start off with a discussion on Patience. The following weeks, three dynamic women who beat the odds to thrive despite negative circumstance will be guests on the show. Join us as I interview Ms. Deneen Garrett, Ms. Kimberly Collins and Ms. Eddrina Clark as they share their strategies for growth under duress.

We all endure trails and hard times, but our patience will help us to not endure to thrive. We are warriors for Christ, not merely survivors. Luke 21:19 states, " In your patience possess ye your souls." (KJV). However, the New International Version states, "Stand firm and you will win life." Our patience is the key to sustaining our faith walk in Christ and enduring to the end to win.

Listen in as I discuss the need to wait on God and hear his voice. We must stand in our faith ready to hear his direction. I also share my testimony of the physical rehabilitation my son, Justin endured in 2015 after major knee surgery. We both needed patience for him to successful complete his program. Today he is working out independently and preparing for the next season of sports. God is faithful if we wait on HIM.

Thank you again for joining us. I have copies of my book, Resilience: Living Life by Design available for purchase. I share my process for spiritual growth under duress in more detail. Visit my website at www.angelinelawrence.com/landing. Every purchase in the month of January will receive a free gift.

Leadership always comes with a price. Many of us
will face adversity as we seek to lead others in the right path.
However, our position as leaders is a great opportunity for us to glorify God. We must remember to exude
confidence and integrity when we are under pressure.

Listen in today as I discuss the steps to be a
leader under pressure. God is our secret weapon and if we stand on his promises,
then he will work on our behalf every time. Psalms 37:7 states, “Be still
before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in
their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”(NIV) God makes the final decision, so if he elevates us, then he will watch over us and help us win.

Thanks again for joining me on the Shine and
Grind Show. I have a special offer for Shine and Grind listeners for the
pre-sell of my book, "The Working Women's Guide to Winning: Defeat
Satan at His Own Game with Integrity,” which will be published soon. The book will provide more strategies for
overcoming life’s challenges such as workplace bullying. Get started now
http://bit.ly/10GBGrx and receive a free audio chapter from the book.

Many of us have fallen
short in some area of our life as Christians. Christ was adamant that we not
judge others. Matthew 7:1 states, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”
(NIV) Rather, we should restore our sisters in the
faith who have made mistakes, than ostracize them. Believers in the New
Testament church were taught to help those that were weaker in the faith than
they were.

Of course we must discern
the situation and use wisdom. While some individuals are remorseful and want to
rebuild their faith, there are others that are the opposite. Today, I will talk
about ways to help individuals that have failed in their walk of faith, but
need help to overcome. (Galatians 6:1)

As members of the
Kingdom of God who are strong, it is our duty to help restore them with love
and gentleness. Romans 15:1 states, “We
who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please
ourselves.” (NIV)

Thanks again for joining me on the Shine and
Grind Show. I have a special offer for Shine and Grind listeners for the
pre-sell of my book, "The Working Women's Guide to Winning: Defeat
Satan at His Own Game with Integrity,” which will be published in 2015. The book will provide more strategies for overcoming
life’s challenges such as workplace bullying. Get started now http://bit.ly/10GBGrx and receive a free audio chapter from the book.

The
love that Christ has for us is immeasurable. However, we must show Him the depth
of our love through the sacrifices we make in our lives. Matthew
10:38, states, “And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is
not worthy of me.” (KJV) All of Christ’s
followers had to prove they could love him more than anything, including money,
possessions and ultimately family. We must be willing to lose our current lifestyle, and sometimes friends and family to truly walk with Christ.
Listen in as I talk about loving Christ above all things in our lives. We must stay focused by eliminating distractions that will side track us from following Christ.

Thank you again for listening. If you are
seeking ways to Hear God Speak into your life, visit www.angelinelawrence1.instapage.com
to obtain our free eBook, "How to Hear God Speak." I provide 5
steps to position yourself to hear the voice of God in your spirit.